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Kilnhurst 142 for 8 Denaby Main 79
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 July 1894
Kilnhurst 142 for 8 Denaby Main 79
Played at Kilnhurst on Saturday. The home team declared their...
Swinton Urban Council
South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Coun. Jack Haythorne (Chairman of Swinton urban council) and his wife, marie, gave a buffet party for...
South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 May 1894
South Yorkshire Collieries And The Hull Coal Trade
Great Increase Of Local Tonnage
100,000 Tons More Sent In...
South & West Yorkshire Coal Trade – Exports from Hull in 1903
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer — Friday 08 January 1904
South and West Yorkshire Coal Trade
Exports from Hull in 1903
Yorkshire colliery owners and Hull shippers...
South Yorkshire League Table
Mexborough & Swinton Times, Friday June 30th, 1893
South Yorkshire League Table
Team
P
W
L
D
Pts
Mitchell Main
6
5
1
0
10
Wath
5
4
1
0
8
Carbrook Reform
6
3
3
0
6
Greasborough
7
2
4
1
5
Rawmarsh
4
2
2
0
4
Kilnhurst
4
1
2
1
3
Denaby Main
6
2
4
0
4
Thrybergh Park
5
1
4
0
2
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph — Thursday 07 May 1903
The Hull Coal Trade. Improved Figures.
The recent reports of the satisfactory condition of the South Yorkshire coal...
Cricket – First Division – Bowling Averages
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895
Bowling Averages
Name
Club
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Lister
Rawmarsh
89
36
117
32
3.21
Nicholson
Mexborough
99.1
43
138
33
4.6
T. Gale
Wentworth
103.1
30
167
37
4.19
Jackson
Kilnhurst
30.3
5
51
10
5.1
Kilner
Mitchell
31
11
47
9
5.2
J. Ards
Wath
24
6
48
9
5.3
Lister
Mitchell
54
19
102
19
5.7
Beckett
Mexborough
98
16
196
34
5.26
W. Oates
Elsecar
34
9
62
9
6.8
M. Hirst
Elsecar
119
50
205
28
6.9
Robinson
Mitchell
91.2
38
118
18
6.10
G. W. Platts
Rawmarsh
57
15
130
20
6.10
J. Cox
Wentworth
74.2
25
106
16
6.10
W. Bamforth
Elsecar
155
51
225
39
6.11
Rev. Sharpe
Elsecar
38
8
88
13
6.12
R. Needham
Mitchell
77.3
30
134
20
6.14
G. Gale
Wentworth
22.3
5
42
6
7.0
J. Needham
Mitchell
36
4
92
12
7.8
Taylor
Swinton
35.3
10
87
11
7.10
Wood
Swinton
75.1
23
152
20
7.12
J. Ellis
Wath
64
15
106
13
7.15
Blurton
Kilnhurst
107
40
163
21
7.16
Whittlestone
Wombwell Main
68
13
112
12
9.4
Atkey
Swinton
51.3
22
91
9
10.1
Dickinson
Swinton
24
13
31
3
10.1
Payling
Rawmarsh
36
10
73
7
10.3
Bell
Swinton
43.1
8
124
12
10.4
Jas....
Cricket – First Division – Batting Averages
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 28 June 1895
First Division – Batting Averages
Name
Club
Inns
Not Out
Total Runs
Average
J. Morton
Kilnhurst
7
1
154
24.6
A. Jepson
Rawmarsh
4
1
93
23.1
R. Oates
Elsecar
10
5
193
21.4
W. Bamforth
Elsecar
11
2
181
20.1
Trueman
Wombwell Main
7
1
141
20.1
Woodcock
Mitchell Main
7
1
118
19.4
Kemp
Swinton
5
0
74
14.8
“Middy” Bennett
Mexborough
11
1
189
18.9
P. Needham
Mitchell
8
2
90
18.0
J. Needham
Mitchell
9
2
125
17.8
Greasley
Mitchell
7
0
85
17.0
Hirst
Elsecar
11
0
175
15.9
Gillidge
Mexborough
5
2
47
15.2
Saxton
Kilnhurst
5
1
63
15.2
Lister
Rawmarsh
9
1
120
15.0
F....
Denaby Main 82 Houghton 84 for 9
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 21 June 1895
Denaby Main v. Houghton
Played at Houghton on Saturday, and resulted in a...
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
The Hull coal return shows that during the past...
Local Collieries & Hull Trade – Effects of Dockers’ Dispute
Sheffield Independent – Friday 26 May 1893
Local Collieries and the Hull Trade
Effects of the Dockers’ Dispute – Coalowners’ and Miners’ Losses
Yesterday, after anxiously waiting...
Fancy Dress Competition
South Yorkshire times : Saturday, December 12th, 1970
Martin davis dressed as a tramp in the fancy dress competition at Kilnhurst church
Of England School P.T.A’s...
Mining Operations in the Don Valley – Easterly Extension
Sheffield Independent – Friday 19 May 1893
Mining Operations in the Don ValleyEasterly Extensions
The development of the South Yorkshire coalfield in an easterly direction has...
Drunkenness Cases
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 April 1883
Drunkenness Cases
James Wilson was charged with drunkenness on 4 March at Denaby and was fined 5s....
A Jagger Portrait
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933
A Jagger Portrait
A portrait of Miss Ruth Graves, daughter of Alderman J. G. Graves, the Sheffield philanthropist, by David...
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...
South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade
Sheffield Independent – Thursday 20 April 1893
South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade
In consequence of the Hull dispute and the disorganised state of affairs at...
Labour Demonstration At Mexborough – Glass Trade Dispute
Leeds Mercury – Monday 17 April 1893
Labour Demonstration At Mexborough
The Glass Trade Dispute
A demonstration took place on Saturday under the auspices of the Mexborough...
Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 17 April 1893
Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute
The second annual demonstration in connection with the Mexborough and District...
Breach of River By-Laws
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 11 April 1893
Arthur Squires, a boatman, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for a breach of the by-laws of the River...
Curious Case At Kilnhurst
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 11 April 1893
Curious Case At Kilnhurst
Late on Sunday evening a man who gave the name of George Stewardson was...
Kilnhurst 0 Barnsley St. Peter’s 4
Sheffield Independent – Monday 03 April 1893
Kilnhurst v. Barnsley St. Peter’s
At Kilnhurst, before a large attendance, Barnsley played the same combination, with one exception,...
Flooding
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883
Flooding
The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 10 February 1883
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
From the official return of the quantity of coal sent into Hull...


